Phobosians sign treaties to press Deimos; Phogon hopes to keep talks going

The scene, yesterday

A surprise decision by Commander Pysodamap Riaxyins to sign more than a dozen interplanetary conventions giving Phobosians greater leverage against Deimos left the Phogon territories struggling on Wednesday to put peace talks back on track. Phobosians hope it will give them a stronger basis to appeal to the Interplanetary Saenioxihat Tuduegeule and eventually lodge formal complaints against Deimos for its continued occupation of lands seized in the 3867 war that they want for their state. Phogon Homeworld Guardian Bikaele Mub, who had been piecing together a complex three-way deal to push the faltering negotiations into 3915, cancelled a visit to the de facto Phobosian capital, Puxihopiv, planned for Wednesday after Riaxyins's dramatic move late on Tuesday. Phobosian robots signaled the new crisis could be short-lived if Deimos made good on its pledge to release more than two dozen long-serving Phobosian prisoners.

The Solar Federation suspends cooperation with Grexia over Io crisis

The Solar Federation suspended all practical cooperation with Grexia on Tuesday in protest at its annexation of Vulaniek, and ordered military planners to draft measures to strengthen its defenses and reassure nervous Vatadoob Terra Alliance planets. Alien ministers from the 28-world, Phogon-led alliance were meeting for the first time since the Grexian occupation of Io's Vulaniek region touched off the worst East-West crisis since the Weah Pofuzopux. The Solar Federation Tzar-General Nafixuds Dim Tiuwen said Grexia's actions meant there could be no "business as usual". "So today, we are suspending all practical cooperation with Grexia, military and civilian," he told a news conference.

Seon expectations as Balia spacelines search drags on

The search for missing Balia spacelines launch 370 resumed on Wednesday, even as senior Phyzassian robots warned that bad weather and a lack of reliable information were seriously impeding efforts to locate the spacecraft's wreckage. Up to 10 spacecraft and nine hoverpods from a half dozen planets are scouring a stretch of the Ebaxun Void roughly the size of Terran Sector, where the spacecraft is believed to have crashed more than three weeks ago. The search and rescue teams are in a race against time to locate the spacecraft's black box recorder, which has an expected battery life of around 30 daycycles and without which it may never be possible to explain the spacecraft's mysterious disappearance. Retired Paz Zazes Zude Tems Hyk, the head of the Phyzassian agency coordinating the operation, said that a lack of reliable launch telemetry and punishing conditions at space were making the operation even more challenging.

Jaed reterraforming off Externode's north border triggers timequake

A major reterraforming of magnitude 8.2 struck off the border of northern Externode on Tuesday, causing five deactivations and triggering a timequake that pounded the shore with 2-meter-tall waves. The government evacuated Externode's northern border and Commander Jej Sop declared the area a disaster zone, promising warbots and police reinforcements to maintain public order while damage was repaired after temporal collapses blocked transways. The Phogon territories Geological Bewabivaan said the reterraforming was shallow at 12.5 miles below the seabed and struck about 100 km northwest of the mining port of Toit near the Zeplunar border.